Amazon Product Security Engineer Payments - Core Services 

United States, Virginia 

620846492

As a Product Security Engineer at Amazon you will be strong in multiple security domains and sought out for advice on technical issues. Efficient time management skills are required along with the ability to deliver results in the face of uncertainty. You demonstrate exemplary judgment in making technical trade-offs between short versus long term security and business goals. You also demonstrate resilience and navigate difficult situations with composure and tact.- Methodically empirical and experimental in approach and evaluation without being bound by over paralysis-by-analysis;
- Work ceaselessly to improve knowledge of the security field, threat landscape, security intelligence, moving proactively toward prevention and detection of threats;
- Be an enthusiastic learner and curiosity seeker, focusing on what can be done rather than hindered by notions of what cannot be;- Have excellent time management skills along with the ability to deliver results in the face of uncertainty; and
Key job responsibilities- Identify and prioritize security problems that can be detected using automation.
- Develop detection prototypes for these security problems to enhance our tool-set for static and dynamic analysis.- Identify opportunities to prevent security problems at scale.
- Develop prototypes to prevent these security problems.- Deliver metrics to show effectiveness of our security initiatives.
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- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or similar field
- 3+ years in Application Security analysis, assessments, and remediation
- 3+ years of programming in C, C++, Java, Python, Perl, and/or Ruby
- 3+ years of any combination of the following: threat modeling experience, secure coding, identity management and authentication, software development, cryptography, system administration and network security experience
- 3+ years with cloud technologies (AWS preferred, Azure, Google Cloud, etc).

- Masters degree in mathematics, computer science, or related engineering disciplines.
- Familiarity with host and network log analysis.
- Knowledge and experience with hunting utilizing TTPs (Tactics, Techniques and Procedures).
- Experience with security architecture, system architecture, threat modeling, incident handling/response, reverse engineering, malware analysis, adversary methodologies, and/or threat intelligence.
- Possess a strong understanding of common enterprise technologies. Extensive knowledge of computing security issues and threat vectors.